Dear Dan, I live in a fairly cold area and my neem oil is almost solid sometimes. It stays separate when I try to mix it into my water. No matter how many times I shake up the sprayer bottle, I still ...

I’m collecting my supplies and reading gardening articles and have run across several references to “neem oil.” What is it and how do you use it in the garden? Though pest populations are low right ...

Neem oil naturally controls pests like aphids and thrips but should be used carefully to protect bees and tender plants. Apply in the morning or evening, avoid extreme temps, and test on a small leaf ...

When applied directly to pests, horticultural oils interfere with respiration, causing insects to suffocate and die. These oils can also kill beneficial mites and cause leaf injury to some plants, and ...

This year, despite the cold snaps, certain pests seem to be in good supply. Aphids were reported on roses as early as mid-March and slugs seem to be waking up even more hungry than usual. Slugs can be ...

Spider mites cause leaf damage and webbing, often hiding under leaves and feeding on plant nutrients, which weakens plants over time. Neem oil kills mites at all life stages without harming ...

Neem oil comes from the seeds of the neem tree (Azadirachta indica), a fast-growing member of the mahogany family native to southeast Asia. Typically expressed via a cold-pressing process, the oil is ...

Q: I keep hearing that neem is an organic gardener's cure-all, deadly to pests and diseases but harmless to everything else. Can this be true? A: No. But it is not far off. Many foliage feeders are ...